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Doolan demands that City Development Plan must prohibit incineration

Sinn Féin Representative for Dublin South East Daithí Doolan speaking with
community groups in Dublin's inner city has called on the City Council to
ensure that the proposed City Development Plan, "prohibits any incinerator
to be built on the Poolbeg Peninsula, Ringsend. The City Development Plan
gives us all a unique opportunity to ensure that Dublin will continue to
grow in a sustainable manner. Incineration has no part to play in a
sustainable, healthy future for the capital. This plan must underline this."

Mr. Doolan outlined his party's proposals:

"The plan will guide the development of the city from 2005 to 2011. As part
of the process we made a comprehensive submission to the Development Plan.
It is a wide ranging submission with a focus on housing, the environment ,
waste management and community sustainability. While other party‚s may make
some amendments Sinn Féin has compiled a detailed submission. We are
proposing:

Housing as a right. The plan must tackle the need for affordable housing.
Provide adequate City Council housing and regulate the private rented
sector.

No incineration but a waste management plan that is based on tackling our
waste crisis at source aimed at reducing, reusing and recycling.

Communities to be central to any development in the city. No longer should
communities have solutions forced on them. Communities must be
strengthened, resourced and supported in tackling the problems they face.

Sinn Féin believes that these are the issues that people are concerned about
and these are the issues that need to be addressed. But any plan is only as
good as the process engaged in compiling it. This plan must be accessible
to all who live in this city of ours. It can not be allowed to become so
dust gathering document, for too long City Management have engaged in
fanciful processes only to produce a report or document that further
alienated the public. This can not be allowed to happen with this plan.
Sinn Féin will make sure it does not happen, we aim to be the engine that
drives this plan."

Mr. Doolan concluded by demanding that any agreed development plan, "is
adequately resourced by the government to allow it to evolve and provide for
a changing Dublin." ENDS